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Old 02-20-2020, 08:43 AM
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Question Turning Radius?

So I love my CL-S to death, but I'd be lying if I said it was perfect. Depending on the street, that turning radius can be a nightmare. Has anyone done anything to their car to fix or lessen this issue? I saw a video by Chris Fix where he took out his mustang's rack limiters and was wondering what your thoughts were on that. I also heard lowering the car helps a little (and was already planning on doing that this spring anyway).

Here's the Chris Fix video:

Thanks!
Old 02-20-2020, 12:25 PM
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Our limited turn radius is more than likely due to that fat radius rod we have to control the caster on our suspension. Given that the bushing holding this arm in has never torn on my car, and I see and hear about the analog in newer model TL's (compliance bushing) tearing quite often: I am OK with not being able to make a complete uturn on most streets. Sometimes the grass always seems greener on the other side?
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Yeah, from that perspective I guess the radius isn't that big of an issue! haha
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The base CL has a significantly tighter turn radius, and also has a sportier steering ratio. You could swap in the base CL steering rack to get these benefits.

I swapped from a base TL rack to a CL-S6 rack, and the turn radius became miserable. The base CL has even better specs than the base TL, so I'm looking to try that out.
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